Transfer-truck.



psrran STATES PATENT clarion WILLIAM P. HUSSEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASS'IGNOR 'IO STAND- ARD DRY KILN COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORA- TION OF INDIANA.

TRANSFER-TRUCK- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed July 13, 1905. Serial No. 269,567.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. HUssEY, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Transfer-Truck; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of transfer-trucks.

The nature of the improvement will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a transfer-truck and portions of the rails of the main track. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the spacing-blocks with a railway-rail mounted thereon'and with clamping-plates in the position they occupy while being put in place. Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 2 with the clamping-plates in their final position clamped in place upon the rail. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of one side of the truck on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a clamping-plate.

In detail, represents the ends of the main track-rail, and 11 the transfer track-rail. The transfer-truck is made up of two pairs of side bars 13, held together by bolts 14 with the spacer-blocks shown in Figs. 2, 3, and4 intermediate them, truck track-rails 15, secured transversely upon the side bars of the truck, and wheels 16, mounted between the members of each pair of side bars of the truck.

The spacer blocks or castings are provided with a central transverse tubular portion 18, through which the bolt 14v extends. The length of the tubular portion 18 is the same as the distance desired between the members of each pair of side bars 13-that is, the part 18 is the full width of the block. The tubular portion 18 has extending from it four diagonal plates 19, the width of which equals the length of the tubular portion 18. There are also plates 20 at a right angle to the plates 19 and the tubular portion 18 and centrally located between the ends of the spacingblocks, as shown in Fig. 4. At each of the four corners of the spacing-block there are flanges 21, that extend inwardly toward each other both at the top and at the bottom, as shown in Figs. 2 and The ends of these flanges project laterally beyond the ends of the plates 19 of the spacing-block and are therefore longer than the width of the spa:- ing-block, as appears in Fig. 4. All these parts 18, 19, 20, and 21 are integral.

The parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 4, the spacing-block being placed between the members of each pair of side bars 13, said side bars being between the projecting ends of the flanges 21. The bolt 14 is passed then through both side bars 13 and the tubular portion of the spacing-block and secured by anut22. Hencetheendsof twoof theflanges 21 rest upon the top of each side bar, and the other two rest upon the bottom of said side bars, so that said spacing-blocks hold said side bars rigidly in position and the parts are securely interlocked.

The truck-rail is-laid across the truck, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4, with the lower flanges 25 of the rail resting upon the side bars and over the upper edge of the upper plate of the spacing-block. The upper edges of said plate 20 are on a level, however, with the upper surfaces on the side bars. The width of the base flange of the rail 15 is less than the distance between the flanges 21 on the top of the spacing-block. 26 are then inserted, one on each side of the rail, as shown in Fig. 2. Said plates have two toes 27, one adapted to enter under the flange 21 on each side of the plate 20. The upper parts of the clamping-plates 26 after they are in the position shown in Fig. 2 are forced toward the rail, so that the central portion of the plates 26 rest upon the upper surface of the base-flanges of the rail 15. When they are forced nearly' home against the web of the rail 15, the bolts 27 are inserted through holes in the upper parts of the plates 26 and the web of the rail 15, and the plates are sprung to the rail by the nut 28 and the bolt 27, and the toes or lower parts of said clamping-plates being under the flanges 21 the middle portions of the clamping-plates bear down upon the base of the rail with very great power and securely clamp the parts together. The clamping-plates act as a pair of vises in holding the rails in place and so the truck cannot be twisted or give at any point.

With a truck having four track-rails on it, as shown, there would be eight of these connections, so that a very firm truck results, the joint between the intersection of the truckrails and the side bars being rendered very se- Clamping-plates cure and firm by means of the spacing-blocks and clamping-plates 26.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A truck formed of two pairs of side bars, track-rails placed transversely of the side bars, spacing-blocks between the side bars and under the track-rails, means for securing the side bars and spacingblocks together, and clamps engaging the spacingblocks for clamping the track-rails upon the side bars.

2. A truck formed of two pairs of side bars, track-rails placed transversely on the side bars, spacing-blocks between the side bars under the track-rails, each of said spacing-blocks consisting of a central transverse tubular portion, diagonal plates radiating therefrom and vertically central plates, all integral with each other, bolts extending through the side bars and the tubular portion of each block for securing them together, and clamps engaging the spacing-blocks for clamping the track-rails upon the side bars.

3. A truck formed of two pairs of side bars, track-rails placed transversely on the side bars, spacing-blocks between the side bars and under the track-rails, means for securing the spacing-blocks and side bars together, each spacing-block having a pair of oppositely-located transverse flanges on the upper side 3 thereof, clamping-plates that are inserted over the base-flanges of the track-rails with their edges under said flanges on the spacing-blocks, and bolts extending through said clampingplates and the web of the track-rail for clamping the track-rails upon the side bars.

4. A truck formed of two pairs of side bars, track-rails placed transversely on the side bars, spacing-blocks between the side bars and under the track-rails, means for securing the spacing-blocks and side bars together, each spacing block having oppositely located transverse flanges extending over and under said side bars, clamping-plates that are inserted over the base-flanges of the track-rails and under the flanges on the spacing-blocks, and bolts extending through said clampingplates andthe web of the track-rails for clamping the track-rails on the side bars.

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

' WILLIAM P. HUSSEY. Witnesses:

FRANK J. LAHR, V. H. "LooKWooD. 

